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Labuan IBFC And TRX City Deepen Ties Between Malaysia’s Financial Hubs

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Labuan IBFC and TRX City have agreed to strengthen links between Malaysia's two international financial centres.
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Ant International Bets On Agentic Finance With Nearly 100 New AI Products

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Ant International has launched nearly 100 AI-native products spanning payments, treasury and FX, its largest upgrade to date.
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Vietnam Crosses The Emerging Market Threshold After Eight-Year Reform Push

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Vietnam's stock market has officially entered FTSE Russell's Secondary Emerging Market tier, a milestone eight years in the making.
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AirAsia’s Long-Haul Dream Meets A Short-Term Reality

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AirAsia is trading global ambition for regional focus — at least for now. Here's what the pullback signals for Southeast Asian aviation.
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Indonesia Doubles Bioethanol Blending Target To 20 Percent

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Indonesia has doubled its 2028 ethanol blending target to 20 percent, directing new sugarcane land and processing infrastructure nationwide.
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Singapore And Thailand Bet On Asean Power Grid Over Two-Year Window

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Singapore and Thailand are using back-to-back Asean chairmanships to fix the regulatory maze blocking cross-border power trade.
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Standard Chartered Bets On Blockchain Rails For Global Liquidity

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Partior and LSEG DiSH are testing a way for banks to move settlement liquidity around the clock, without new nostro accounts required.
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DBS Deepens Gold Infrastructure Ahead Of Singapore’s Clearing System Launch

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DBS is expanding its gold storage capacity in Singapore as private wealth and institutional demand rises, ahead of the city-state's new gold clearing system.
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Agoda Begins Beta Testing Of New AI Trip Assistant

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Agoda has begun beta testing a new AI Assistant that turns travel ideas into bookable trips for select users.
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Molex Doubles Down On Vietnam With New Hung Yen Manufacturing Hub

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Molex has opened an expanded 250,000-square-meter manufacturing facility in Hung Yen, Vietnam — its second site in the country.
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Thailand And US Move Forward On Small Modular Reactor Study

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Thailand and the US have signed an agreement to study small modular nuclear reactors as part of the country's energy security plans.
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Laos Powers Its Neighbors While Its Own Grid Falls Short

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Laos exports most of its hydropower to Thailand and Vietnam, yet its own grid still struggles to keep the lights on at home.
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GXBank Becomes First Regional Digibank To Land An IFC First-Loss Guarantee

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GXBank has become the first digital bank in the region to secure an IFC first-loss guarantee, backing up to US$110 million in MSME loans.
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Thunes Widens Middle East Reach As Remittance Corridors Grow More Critical

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Thunes has added six new Middle East markets to its payout network, connecting local currencies to bank accounts, wallets, and cash pickup points.
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TransNusa’s Bali-Phuket Route Signals A New Model For Southeast Asia Connectivity

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TransNusa just made Bali to Phuket a straight shot, no more connections through a third city required.
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TrueMoney And Fireblocks Push Digital Baht Into Daily Use

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TrueMoney and Fireblocks are scaling a Bank of Thailand-sandboxed pilot to 20,000 users, testing whether tokenized baht can work for everyday spending.
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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Debuts In Thailand With The Opening Of Fairmont Bangkok Sukhumvit

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Designed to LEED Gold standards, Fairmont Bangkok Sukhumvit incorporates smart energy systems, water recycling, biophilic design, EV charging, and other sustainability-focused features.
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Thailand Power Development Plan 2026 Sets 89 Percent Clean Energy Ceiling

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Thailand's draft Power Development Plan 2026 sets a minimum 65 percent clean energy share, with one scenario reaching 89 percent.
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Malaysia’s Data Centres Push Power Use To Record 9.3 Percent Share

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Malaysia's data centres hit a record 9.28 percent share of Peninsular electricity use in August, regulators confirm.
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Webull Closes USD100 Million Pi Securities Deal In Thailand

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Webull has completed its US$100 million acquisition of Thailand's Pi Securities, combining a digital trading platform with more than 50 years of local capital markets expertise.
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Bank Of Thailand Rallies 11 Industry Groups Against Financial Crime

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The Bank of Thailand has brought together 11 industry associations to tighten customer checks and close gaps in financial crime prevention.
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Fanny Purna Irianti Steps Into Raffles Bali’s Top Commercial Role

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Raffles Bali welcomes Fanny Purna Irianti as director of sales and marketing, bringing over 15 years of hospitality expertise to the role.
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Grab Holdings Eyes Majority Stake In Atome Financial

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Grab Holdings is reportedly in talks to acquire a majority stake in Atome Financial, a deal that could value the Singapore BNPL platform at over $2 billion.
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OpenAI Targets Wall Street With ChatGPT For Financial Services

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OpenAI has launched a finance-specific version of ChatGPT, built with Morgan Stanley and Evercore as design partners.
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Inside AMP: How Ant International Is Wiring Wallets For AI Agents

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Ten wallets, 1.5 billion accounts, one shared protocol for AI-driven payments. Ant International's AMP just entered its first live phase.
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Bank Of Thailand Moves To License Buy Now, Pay Later Providers

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The Bank of Thailand is preparing a dedicated licence for buy now, pay later providers, with rules targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
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Maybank Turns MAE Into An Investment App With Savings+

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Maybank just made investing as easy as checking your MAE balance. Savings+ lets you start from RM10.
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Inside Vietnam’s Search For A Foreign Partner On Ninh Thuan 2

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PetroVietnam and KEPCO held fresh talks in Seoul on the Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear project, though no foreign partner has been confirmed yet.
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Thailand Finance Ministry Sets October Start For Solar Subsidy

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Thailand plans to subsidize solar installations for one million households starting mid-October, with a THB 50 billion budget behind the rollout.
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Hotel Riu Palace Phuket Marks RIU’s Long-Awaited Entry Into Thailand

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RIU Hotels enters Thailand with a 504-room all-inclusive resort on Phuket's quiet Mai Khao Beach.
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Jakarta Reclaims The Rails: Whoosh Ownership Shifts To State Hands

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Indonesia is moving to put its flagship high-speed railway directly under state financial control by September 15.
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Thai Digital Asset Operators Face New Wallet Verification Duties

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Thailand's SEC has finalized a Travel Rule for digital assets, taking effect February 27, 2027.
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Malaysia QR Code Scam Losses Reach RM28.67 Million In H1 2026

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Malaysian police recorded RM28.67 million in QR code scam losses during the first half of 2026.
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Petronas Enhances Upstream Data Platform With Agentic AI

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Petronas is adding agentic AI capabilities to its myPROdata upstream data platform.
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EVN Advances Plans For Two-Part Electricity Tariff

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EVN says it is drafting a two-part electricity tariff separating capacity and consumption charges.
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Visa Unveils Third Malaysia Security Roadmap Targeting 2028

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Visa has released its third Malaysia security roadmap, targeting AI-driven payment fraud through 2028.
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Bank Of Thailand Sets Q4 2026 Target For BNPL Licensing Regime

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Thailand's central bank is preparing a dedicated licence for buy now, pay later providers, with a framework targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
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Founder Group Targets Malaysia’s Largest-Ever Solar Tender

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Founder Group's Malaysian subsidiary is tendering for LSS6, the country's largest-ever utility-scale solar programme.
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Pertamina Raises Non-Subsidized Fuel Prices Across Indonesia

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Pertamina raised prices on three non-subsidized fuels effective September 1, citing crude costs and currency movement.
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Ajaib Secures USD270 Million From SBI Holdings In Record Indonesian Tech Round

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SBI Holdings has taken a roughly 20% stake in Indonesia's Ajaib Group for $270 million, the country's largest tech funding round since 2022.
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World Bank Arm Takes Stake In Axiata’s Boost Fintech Unit

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The International Finance Corporation has invested USD20 million in Malaysia's Boost Holdings, valuing the fintech at USD340 million.
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Uniworld Boutique River Cruises Looks Beyond Jakarta For Growth

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Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is expanding beyond Jakarta, targeting Bandung, Medan, Surabaya and Semarang as it deepens its Indonesia strategy.
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Indonesia’s Danantara Reports Record Profit, Withholds Financial Statements

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Danantara claims $18.6 billion in net income but still hasn't published its 2025 consolidated financial statements.
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Ninh Thuan Nuclear Project Gains New Legal Footing After Assembly Vote

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Vietnam's National Assembly voted 476-5 to split the Ninh Thuan nuclear project into three independent projects, clearing a legal bottleneck dating to 2009.
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Bank Islam Malaysia Appoints Wan Mohd Fadzmi As New Chairman

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Bank Islam Malaysia has appointed Wan Mohd Fadzmi Che Wan Othman Fadzilah as its new Chairman, bringing over 25 years of banking leadership to the role.
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Techcombank In Talks Over Potential USD2 Billion Foreign Stake Sale

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Techcombank is reportedly in separate talks with BNP Paribas and KB Kookmin over a stake deal that could reach US$2 billion.
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Thailand’s Tourism Sector Turns To Vietnam Connectivity

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Thailand joined ITE HCMC 2026 to deepen tourism ties with Vietnam, reinforcing intra-ASEAN travel cooperation.
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Bangshi Bets USD23.45 Million On Khanh Hoa Fabric Plant

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Bangshi has secured approval for a $23.45 million fabric plant in Vietnam's Khanh Hoa province, adding to the region's textile manufacturing footprint.
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Bali Groundbreaking Marks Start Of Indonesia’s Largest Solar Buildout

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Indonesia has launched a 100 GWp solar power program in Bali, pairing generation with battery storage to cut diesel use.
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TNG Digital Brings GXBank FlexiCredit Into CashLoan

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TNG Digital has added GXBank's FlexiCredit to CashLoan, letting eligible users apply for up to RM150,000 in credit directly inside TNG eWallet.
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